Cargo Glider Specification
The USAAF developed a specification for two types of combat cargo gliders. The specifications required manufacturers to submit proposals for:
- Cargo glider, nine seat, landing speed of no more than 38 mph (62 km/h) with no flaps
- Cargo glider, fifteen seat, landing speed of no more than 38 mph (62 km/h) with no flaps
The low landing speed was intended to ensure that even if the gliders impacted trees or other hard obstacles on combat landings that troop survival would be likely. The specification required that the glider designs not include flaps to make the gliders cheap and simple to build and also to simplify pilot training.
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